Method of making garment closures



April 25, 1939. MARKIN METHOD OF MAKING GARMENT CLOSURES Filed Oct. 20, 1937 Patented A... 25, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF MAKING GARMENT CLOSURES Louis Markin, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Alfred Decker, & (John, Inc., Chicago, 111., a corpo-.

ration of Illinois Application October 20, 1937, Serial No. 170,095

4 Claims. (Cl. 2- 234) 5 es for the fastening of the two zipper sections to the garment, in a manner that will not only reduce the cost of production, in the manufacture the garments having zipper closures of this character, but which will insure a better and 1a 'neater piece of work, and a better appearance for the garment.

To the foregoing and other .useful ends. the

invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the two zipper sections connected together by the usual slide.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the two sections separated, and the said slide disconnected therefrom.

Fig. 3- is a plan view of the outer fly strip of a garment, such as a pair of trousers, showing one section of the zipper fastened by stitching there-. to.

Fig. 4 is a similar plan view of the inner fly .strip, having the other section of the zipper fastened thereto.

Fig. 5 is an inside view showing the outer fly strip secured to the garment.

Fig. 6 is an inside view showing the inner fly strip secured to the garment.

Fig. 'l is afragmentary inside view of the garment, showing the two zipper strips Joined together by the slide.

Fig. 8 is an outsideview of the garment, showing the outer fly turned back a distance, and

showing the metal stop piece inserted at the 40 staple that forms the stop at the lower end of the zipper.

Fig. 10 is a detail horizontal section of said stop, and the parts to which it is attached, on line Ill-l0 in Fig. 8 of the drawing.

As thus illustrated, the method of applying the two zipper sections land 2 shown in Fig. 1, to the garment, involves the preliminary separation of these two strips, and their disengagement from theslide 3, or their use separately, before they 50 have ever been connected together, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. It will beunderstood, of course, that these zipper sections each consist of a row of metal engaging portions fastened to a strip of tape, and that it is the latter which is thereafter stitched or sewed to the garment.

These so-called zipper fasteners are common and well known, and are supplied in quantities to the manufacturers of clothing and other articles. Ordinarily, the two zipper sections are sold locked together by the said slide, but for the purpose of this new method the two zipper sections come to the clothing manufacturer in a separated condition, say in a bag, and with the slides requisite for the total number of pairs of sections in another bag.

Thereafter, one zipper section is sewed orstitched to the inside of the outer fly strip 4, which latter-is usually made of cloth of any suitable or desired character. This step also includes the fastening of the other zipper section to the inner fly-strip 5, which latter may be of any suitable material.

Thereafter, the two fly strips 4 and 5 arev fastened to the closure of theopening of the garment, as shown in Figs. 5 and After that, the said slide 3 is then applied to the two zipper sections, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawing, which shows the inside of the garment. Finally, with the two zipper sections and the two fly strips suitably stitched or sewed to the garment, and with the said slide 3 thereafter" placed in position to operate the zipper sections, to either open or close the garment opening, the metal stop piece 6 is then inserted to jointhe lower ends of the two rows of metal engaging elements of the two zipper sections, so that the garment, such as a pair of trousers, is' thereby provided with a flnished zipper opening for the garment, as shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing, which shows the outside of the garment with a portion of the outer fly turned out and back to show the I two converging rows of zipper engaging elements.

The said metal stop pieces 8, one for each pair of zipper sections, may be delivered to the manufacturer in a separate bag.

By thus having the zipper sections delivered to the clothing manufacturer in separated cbndi tion, the work of applying the zipper to the garment is very greatly facilitated, for the manufacturer is relieved of the necessity of separating the i of each pair of sections, as the latter come to the for separate att chment to the garment.

This method 0 securing the zipper sections to the garment, by i of the flies of the -called fly opening of the garment, and therea ter securing the fly strips to the garment, tends to reduce the cost of production in the manufacture of garments of this kind, as it reduces the time and work necessary to attach st securing each section to one anufacturer separately and ready the dppers to the garments. In addition. the work is done more smoothly, and in a much neater manner, so that the garment sets smoother and has a better appearance. Thus it is found that a 6 more satisfactory garment is provided, and that in addition a considerable saving is effected in the cost of manufacture, as compared with the production of garments by the previous methods of attaching the so-called zipper fasteners thereto. It will be seen, therefore, that the connectin staple or stop means 3 is not inserted until after the slide 3 has been applied to the two zipper sections, the latter not being interconnected until after their respective fly sections are secured to the garment. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and 7, the slide 3 can be applied to the lower ends of the two zipper sections and moved upwardly a distance so that the staple or metal fastener 6 can thereafter be applied to prevent separation of the zipper sections at their lower ends. It is an important consideration, therefore, that the two zipper sections are not connected together by the slide 3 until after they are secured to the garment, and that this slide is applied to the two zipper sections before the staple or metal fastener 6 is applied to permanently connect together the lower ends of the two zipper sections. Thus the entire garment can be made, practically complete, with the exception of the slide 3 and the staple 6, and

,30 the slide can then be applied, and thereafter the staple can be inserted, so that the insertion of the metal staple or fastener 6 may be, if desired, the flnal step in the finishing of the garment. At least, it may be the flnal step in the application of the zipper to the garment, and in any event it constitutes the flrst time that the lower ends of the two sections have ever been fastened together by a staple or equivalent means, after the two sections and their respective fly strips have been separately sewed to the garment. Obviously, if the lower ends of the tapes I and 2 are stapled or otherwise fastened together, when they come to the manufacturer of the trousers, then they must first be broken apart-at their lower ends before they can beused in the process shown and described. And that is what is avoided by the invention shown and described and claimed This saves time and work and reduces the cost of production.

Thus it will be seen that, according to Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawing, the slide 3 and the staple or metal stop 3 are applied to the lower end portions of the zipper sections, and that this is all done after the upper end portions of the zipper sections are fastened in place on the garment.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The method of applying a zipper fastener to a garment having an opening closure therefor, comprising the providing of the two zipper sections disconnected from each other, fastening one section to the inner fly strip of said opening, and the other zipper section to the outer fly strip of said opening, thereafter incorporating or fastening the two fly strips in the garment, with the two zipper sections still unconnected to each other, thereafter providing slide means connection between the engasing portions of the two zipper sections, while the latter are still unconnected at their lower end, and after the two fly strips have been sewed in place, so that the two zipper sections are not connected together until after the two fly strips and their respective zipper sections have been fastened in the garment, and thereafter for the first time joining the lower ends of the two rows of engaging portions.

2. 'A method as specified in claim 1, comprising the insertion of a metal stop to Join together the adjacent lower ends of the two rows of metal engaging portions of the two zipper sections, after the application of the slide means to the two sections, and after the unconnected upper ends of the two sections have been fastened in place on the garment.

3. A method as specified in claim 1, comprising the suitable joining together of the adjacent lower ends of the two rows of metal engaging portions of the two zipper sections, after the application to the latter of the slide means, and after the unconnected upper ends of the two sections have been fastened in place on the garment.

4. A method as specified in claim 1, said slide means being inserted on the lower ends of the two zipper sections, and moved upwardly, and the two lower ends of the zipper sections being thereafter permanently connected together, all after the unconnected upper ends of the two sections have been fastened in place on the garment.

. LOUIS MARKIN. 

